Last week, Dan Harrison, a Platform Solutions Engineer and IoT Evangelist for salesforce.com, demoed an Etherios connected blood pressure cuff at Salesforce’s first Wearables Booth at the SF1 World Tour in Toronto.
The debut of the Etherios connected blood pressure cuff at the Wearables Booth was in-line with salesforce.com’s recent announcement of the Salesforce Wear Developer Pack. The Salesforce Wear Developer Pack is a collection of open-source applications that make it easy to start designing your own wearable-based applications. The applications integrate popular devices such as Google Glass, Pebble, and Myo into the Salesforce Platform.
To build the Etherios connected blood pressure cuff, one of our Senior Sales Engineers modified an off-the-shelf blood pressure cuff with a Digi XBee module to enable low-power wireless communication to the Cloud. Then, the blood pressure cuff is connected to Device Cloud by Etherios over Wi-Fi or Ethernet through a Digi X2 Gateway.
After connecting the blood pressure cuff to Device Cloud, it is easy to set up alarms that trigger on conditions such as when a patient’s blood pressure reaches an abnormal level, or any other condition that might require a healthcare provider to be notified. The connection to the cloud allows continuous data collection so healthcare professionals can gain a comprehensive view of their patients’ health over an extended period of time. The Etherios connected blood pressure cuff is a simple example of the home healthcare solution deployed by one of our customers, Almerys.
If an alarm condition is reached, Device Cloud pushes the alarm and related data into the Salesforce Platform via The Social Machine, where automated alerts like text messages or email notifications are triggered, resulting in a compelling demonstration of the opportunity to transform in-home healthcare.
Later in the week, Dan demoed the Etherios connected blood pressure cuff at The NYC Health Care (HLS) CIO Council.
Check out this post from the Salesforce Developers blog to learn more about connecting wearables to salesforce.com. You can also visit our Developer page to start your own free trial with Device Cloud and The Social Machine.
